This is the sixth and final meeting of the regular season between the teams. The Bruins won the first four games (5-3 Nov. 1, 5-2 Dec. 14, 4-3 Jan. 31, 5-3 Feb. 25) before Ottawa blanked them 1-0 on Feb. 28 in Boston for its only win of the season series so far.

It's very likely that Boston and Ottawa will square off in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, which kicks off next week so it'll be interesting to see how the tone will be set.

B's notes: The Bruins are coming off a chippy 5-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday at TD Garden.

Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference dropped the gloves for the first time this season with Penguins forward James Neal late in the second period after he took a late shot at defensive partner Johnny Boychuk while skating away after battling for puck possession in the Boston zone.

The Bruins were already down 4-2 thanks to power-play goals by Neal and Sidney Crosby and found themselves playing from behind the whole game.

Benoit Pouliot, Milan Lucic, and Rich Peverley scored for Boston while goalie Marty Turco finished with 22 saves as he dropped to 2-2 with a 3.68 goals against average and .88 save percentage.

Senators' notes: Ottawa is coming off a 2-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday to snap a four-game winning streak.

Jason Spezza scored the lone goal for the Senators and goalie Craig Anderson turned aside 26 shots as his record fell to 33-21-6 with a 2.83 GAA and .914 save percentage.

Ottawa needs one point in its final two games to secure the No. 7 seed to set up a first-round playoff meeting with the Bruins.

Other notes: Bruins center David Krejci has three goals and five assists in his last five games...Spezza is on a points tear with four goals and assists each in his last five games.